Rules

WHO MAY ENTER: Entries will be accepted from an individual or group engaged in creating or producing television commercials. This includes, though not by way of limitation, advertising agencies, production houses, television stations, networks and advertisers. French language commercials in Canada are honoured at concours de création du Publicité-Club (Coq d'or), therefore they are not included in The Bessies Awards. In the event that a single spot or campaign selected for an award was entered by more than one individual or group, the award will recognize all parties.

ELIGIBILITY: Open to all commercials that were created by an agency incorporated in Canada. All entries must have been telecast within the period from February 1, 2009 to February 1, 2010 and must not have been entered in any previous Bessies competition. To be eligible, entries must have been telecast in the exact and complete format in which they were submitted. Director's cuts will not be accepted. To be eligible for the Early Bird rate, all Early Bird entry material must be received by the Bessies no later than the Early Bird entry deadline. To be eligible for judging, ALL entry material must be received by no later than the final entry deadline.

CATEGORIES: Categories included in the entry forms exist only to facilitate a more efficient judging process. All single entries are placed into categories, side by side with other similar types of products or services and then screened within their respective class context. Awards will not be presented to individual categories. For details of the specific awards go to Awards.

HOW TO ENTER: To enter visit the registration page One entry form must be completed for each single commercial and each campaign (two to three spots) entered. For commercials making up a campaign that you also want entered as single spots, you must enter each spot a second time as a single spot entry.

When you have finished submitting your entries online please print the confirmation forms and submit them with your spots. To take advantage of the Early Bird discount, send entries in NOW. Deadline for discount is Friday, February 05, 2010. Final deadline for entries is Friday, March 05, 2010.

ELIGIBLE FORMATS: Spots will be accepted on the following formats:

Betacam SP
Digital Beta
MiniDV
DVD

All tapes or DVDs should be clearly labelled with the spot names. Spots can be submitted individually or compiled as one tape or DVD.

PAYMENT: Spots must be accompanied with your entry confirmation forms and a cheque to cover the cost of your entry fees. Cheques should be payable to The Bessies and sent to: